married. >> in 2004 no one's really thinking that much about gay marriage, but then it becomes legal in massachusetts. and that's enough to agitate a lot of people. so suddenly the republicans see this great opportunity. >> today i call upon the congress to promptly pass and to send to the states for ratification an amendment to our constitution defining and protecting marriage as a union of a man and woman, as husband and wife. >> president bush had at his right hand one of the great political masterminds of his era, karl rove was very good at exploiting the vulnerability of the american middle classes who were unsure about the world in which they lived. >> what two men do when they t together, what two women do when they get together is perverting the human body. >> you don't know about god. you don't know about love. >> republican operatives managed to get referenda about same-sex